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check out



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check out
     1. v. (intransitive) To confirm and pay for goods and services at a facility (e.g.: supermarket, online store, hotel) when leaving.
           Be sure to check out of the hotel before noon.
           I'm done shopping, so I'll go check out now.
     2. v. To withdraw (an item), as from a library, and have the withdrawal recorded.
           He checked his favorite mystery out for the twenty-third time.
     3. v. To record (someone) as leaving the premises or as taking something therefrom, as from a library or shop.
           The desk clerk checked out the family that had been staying in room 322.
           The library assistant was checking people out.
     4. v. To examine, inspect, look at closely, ogle; to investigate; to gather information so as to make a decision.
           He was hanging out at the beach, checking out the young women in bikinis.
           He checked out the rumor, and managed to verify that it was true.
           Check it out! Best prices in town.
           Check this out! They just arrested the Mayor!
           When you're there, check out the Cheddar Cheese Museum! It's a hoot!
           Check us out on the Web at en.wiktionary.org!
           I don't know which gym to join, so I'm going to stop by both this weekend to check them out.
     5. v. (transitive, computing) To obtain source code from a repository.
     6. v. (intransitive) To become disinterested in an activity and cease to participate in more than a perfunctory manner; to become uncooperative.
     7. v. (intransitive) To become catatonic or otherwise nonresponsive.
     8. v. (intransitive) To leave in a hurry.
     9. v. (intransitive, euphemistic, by extension) To die.
     10. v. (intransitive) To prove (after an investigation) to be the case / in order.
           The first two leads check out; I'll assume the third one is also valid.
           Their stories checked out.
Analysis
check
     1. n. (chess) A situation in which the king is directly threatened by an opposing piece.
     2. n. An inspection or examination.
           I don't know if she will be there, but it's worth a check.
     3. n. A control; a limit or stop.
           checks and balances
out
           See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on.
     1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre.
           The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat.
     2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place.
           Let's eat out tonight

Example Sentences

Check out what they are doing and try grading them yourself. 
I think I'll check out Honolulu. 



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